Beauty Personified - Apocalyptica lyrics

from the album "Cult"ť

PATH VOL. 2

featuring Sandra Nisić from Guano Apes

I want to live in fire, with all the taste I desire.
It's all good if you'll let me dive with some sharks underground.
You lose your routine cause I found my path.
What the hell are you trying? What happened to you?
(Now I know there's something more, still staying on my path.)
Are you still denying that this is the truth?
(Now I know there's something more, it's all in you.)
What do you lie for? What did you expect to find?
So boundless I feel, and boundless all my fears.
Stop running back to old times.
You lose your routine cause I found my path.

HOPE VOL. 2

featuring Matthias Sayer from Farmer Boys

Hope is beauty personified, at her feet the world hypnotised.
A million flashes, a million smiles, and on the catwalk she flaunts her style.
But in this heart of darkness, our hope lies lost and torn.
All fame, like love, is fleeting when there's no hope anymore.
Pain and glory, hand in hand, a sacrifice, the highest price.
Like the poison in her arm, like a whisper she was gone, like when angels fall.
And in this heart of darkness, our hope lies on the floor.
All love, like fame, is fleeting when there's no hope anymore.
Like the poison in her arm, like a whisper she was gone, like when angels fall.

from the album "Reflections"

SEEMANN

featuring Nina Hagen

Komm in mein Boot, ein Sturm kommt auf und es wird Nacht.
Wo willst du hin, so ganz allein, treibst du davon?
Wer hält deine Hand wenn es dich nach unten zieht?
Wo willst du hin, so uferlos, die kalte See?
Komm in mein Boot, der Herbstwind hält die Segel straff.
Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne mit Tränen im Gesicht.
Das Tageslicht fällt auf die Seite, der Herbstwind fegt die Straße leer.
Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne, mit Tränen im Gesicht.
Das Abendlicht verjagt die Schatten, die Zeit steht still und es wird Herbst.
Komm in mein Boot, die Sehnsucht wird der Steuermann.
Komm in mein Boot, der beste Seemann war doch ich.
Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne, mit Tränen im Gesicht.
Das Feuer nimmst du von der Kerze, die Zeit steht still und es wird Herbst.
Sie sprachen nur von deiner Mutter, so gnadenlos ist nur die Nacht.
Am Ende bleib ich doch alleine, die Zeit steht still und mir is kalt.

FARAWAY VOL. 2

featuring Linda Sundblad from Lambretta

There's something in the way you're always somewhere else.
Feelings have deserted me to a point of no return.
I don't believe in God, but I pray for you.
Don't you slip away from me, it's you I live for, don't you leave.
Don't you slip away from me, I'm vulnerable to your love.
Don't let them get you, stay away from the sun, it's too bright for you.
Are your eyes getting blurry? Stay, I'm crying your name.
I don't believe in God, but I pray for you.
Don't you slip away from me, it's you I live for, don't you leave.
No, don't you slip away from me, I'm vulnerable to your love.
There's something in the way you're always somewhere else.
Feelings have deserted me to a point of no return.
So the light fades out and you're so close to losing.
Don't you slip away from me, it's you I live for, don't you leave.
No, don't you slip away from me, I'm vulnerable to your love.
Don't you slip away from me, it's you I live my life for, no, don't leave.
Don't you slip away from me, I'm vulnerable to your love.

from the album "Apocalyptica"ť

LIFE BURNS!

featuring Lauri Ylönen from The Rasmus

We break our enemies with fear and we've seen how the tears come around.
We built our confidence on wasteland, we've seen how the walls come down.
Life burns!
A man dies like a butterfly, life burns from the touch of the reaper, all things must pass.
One love is a crooked lie, the world lies in the hands of evil and we pray it would last.
Life burns!
We have no sympathy for the lost souls, we've chosen the path of disgrace.
We give this life to our children and teach them to hate this place.
A man dies like a butterfly, life burns from the touch of the reaper, all things must pass.
One love is a crooked lie, the world lies in the hands of evil, we pray it would last.
Life burns!

BITTERSWEET

featuring Lauri Ylönen from The Rasmus and Ville Valo from HIM

I'm giving up the ghost of love and a shadow is cast on devotion.
She is the one that I adore, queen of my silent suffocation.
Break this bittersweet spell on me, lost in the arms of destiny.
Bittersweet, I won't give up, I'm possessed by her.
I'm bearing a cross, she's turned into my curse.
Break this bittersweet spell on me, lost in the arms of destiny.
Bittersweet, I want you, oh how I wanted you, and I need you, oh how I needed you.
Break this bittersweet spell on me, lost in the arms of destiny.

EN VIE

featuring Emmanuelle Monet from Dolly

Pourquoi faire autant d'histoires pour des lendemains qui chantent faux?
Pourquoi poser tant de questions, faut-il que l'on soit aussi cons?
Ne suffirait-il pas de se voir un peu plus, un peu moins mal?
Ne suffirait-il pas de vouloir, and this world all gone to war.
Réduisons nos peines, achevons-nous pour le plaisir,
Distillons nos haines et buvons ŕ nos souvenirs,
Buvons pour ne plus mentir, achevons-nous pour le plaisir.
Et si un jour, tout refleurit, que par amour, on reste en vie.
Pourquoi laisser faire le hasard quand nos ręves perdent le mémoire?
Faut-il que l'on soit aussi bęte, c'est l'histoire qui se répčte.
Ne suffirait-il pas de se voir un peu plus, un peu moins mal?
Ne suffirait-il pas de vouloir, and this world all gone to war.
Réduisons nos peines, achevons-nous pour le plaisir,
Distillons nos haines et buvons ŕ nos souvenirs,
Réduisons nos peines, achevons-nous pour le plaisir,
Distillons nos haines et buvons pour ne plus se mentir,
Buvons ŕ nos souvenirs, achevons-nous pour le plaisir.

HOW FAR

featuring Marta Jandová from Die Happy

My life is a circle, no beginning and no end,
It's always repeating, a trail I defend all the time.
A misunderstanding that can't be erased like a file.
I've got all I wanted but still I'm not satisfied.
How far will I go to and search my respect and my pride?
How long will I lie to myself about the privilege of my life?
Turns around til I die, and the dark with me.
Why am I sad when I have more than I ever had?
My life is too stable, I get no air, my jail is my skin,
I'm false like a fable that is being praised for its sin.
And once I am trying to follow the light,
Then the bitch grips my feet, pulls me down underneath.
How far will I go to and search my respect and my pride?
How long will I lie to myself about the privilege of my life?
How deep will I have to fall before I find the will again?
It's always repeating, the earth turns around and around
Til I die, take the dark missing me with me.

WIE WEIT

featuring Marta Jandová from Die Happy

Mein Leben dreht sich so monoton und still
Und zeichnet dabei einen Kreis, Kreis der Ewigkeit.
Ich kann dem Gefühl nicht entgehen, ich sei ein dauerhafter Gast.
Das Gold dieser Welt ist nichts wert, verbrennt meine Haut.
Wie weit muss ich gehen um zu sehen dass die Nacht ein Ende sucht?
Wie viel muss ich geben um zu fühln? Bin ich denn verflucht?
Will ichs wagen ist es gut oder bin ich doch verflucht?
Why am I sad when I have more than I ever had?
Mein Leben ist einsam, ich bin zu schwach um aufzustehn.
Gestreckt auf dem Boden wie gelähmt, der Himmel ist zu schwer.
Meine eigenen Regeln sind mein Feind, wie die Trägheit in mir.
Und etwas zu ändern ist so schwer, ein Krieg den ich verlier.
Wie weit muss ich gehen um zu sehen dass die Nacht ein Ende sucht?
Wie viel muss ich geben um zu fühln? Bin ich denn verflucht?
Wie groß ist die Sehnsucht die mich trägt, verlier ich meinen Ruf.
Soll ich mich ergeben oder leben das Leben nach der Flut?
Will ichs wagen ist es gut oder bin ich doch verflucht?

from the album "Worlds Collide"ť

I'M NOT JESUS

featuring Corey Taylor from Slipknot and Stone Sour

Dirty little secret, dirty little lies, say your prayers and comb your hair, save your soul tonight.
Drift among the faithful, bury your desires, aberrations fill your head, you need a place to hide and I am.
Do you remember me and the kid I used to be, do you remember me?
When your world comes crashing down, I want to be there; I'm not Jesus, Jesus wasn't there.
You confess it all away but it don't mean shit to me; I'm not Jesus, I will not forgive, no I won't.
I thought you were a good man, I thought you talked to God, you Hippocratic messianic child-abusing turned satanic.
Do you remember me and the kid I used to be, do you remember?
When your whole world comes undone, let me be the one to say I'm not Jesus, you can't run away,
And the innocent you spoiled find a way to live; I'm not Jesus, I will not forgive.
I will not forgive, I won't, whatever you wanted.
Do you remember me and the kid I used to be?
Not the same as I used to be, do you remember my name?

HELDEN

featuring Till Lindermann from Rammstein

Du, könntest du schwimmen wie Delphine es tun?
Niemand gibt uns eine Chance, doch können wir siegen für immer und immer,
Und wird sind dann Helden für einen Tag, ja.
Ich bin dann König und du Königin, obwohl sie so unschlagbar scheinen,
Werden wir Helden für einen Tag, dann sind wir Helden für einen Tag.
Ich glaub das zu träumen, die Mauer im Rücken war kalt.
Die Schüsse reißen die Luft doch wir küssen also ob nichts geschieht,
Und die Scham fiel auf ihre Seite.
Oh wir können sie schlagen für alle Zeiten, dann sind wir Helden an diesem Tag.
Dann sind wir Helden nur einen Tag.

I DON'T CARE

featuring Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace

I try to make it through my life, in my way there's you.
I try to make it through these lies, that's all that I do.
Just don't deny it and deal with it, you try to break me, you want to break me bit by bit, that's just part of it.
If you were dead or still alive, I don't care; and all these things you left behind, I don't care.
I try to make you see my side, always trying to stay in line, but your eyes see right through, that's all they do.
I'm getting tired of this shit, I've got no room when it's like this, what you want of me, just deal with it.
So if you were dead or still alive, I don't care; and all these things you left behind, I don't care at all.
(nothing can care about, you won't be there for me)

S.O.S. (ANYTHING BUT LOVE)

featuring Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil

Bound to your side, I'm trapped in silence, just a possession.
Is the sex or only violence that feeds your obsession?
You send me to a broken state where I can take the pain just long enough, then I am numb, then I just disappear.
So go on infect me, go on and scare me to death, tell me I ask for it, tell me I'll never forget.
You could give me anything but love.
Does it feel good to deny, hurt me with nothing, some sort of sick satisfaction you get from mind-fucking?
Stripped down to my naked core, the darkest corners of my mind are yours; that's where you live, that's where you breathe.
So go on infect me, go on and scare me to death, dare me to leave you, tell me I'll never forget.
You could give me anything but love.
Without any faith, without any light, condemn me to live, condemn me to lie, inside I am dead.
So go on infect me, go on and scare me to death, I'll be the victim, you'll be the voice in my head.
You could give me anything but love.

from the album "7th Symphony"

END OF ME

featuring Gavin Rossdale from Bush

Rosaries left under the mattress, all those memories, who could bear the witness,
As you slip into oblivion, use it like a weapon, and I'm left to bleed,
Waiting for the moment when you've had your fun, a loaded gun.
Take away your broken misery, I cannot wait to erase your memory, this love is gonna be the end of me.
Everything I gave is wasted, I'm the one who suffocated, this love is gonna be the end of.
Can't resist poisoning the message, just a narcissist trapped inside the wreckage,
And the sympathy I had is gone, deadened by the ceremony.
Drama queen, stand behind your rampart as your kingdom falls, all because.
Take away your broken misery, I cannot wait to erase your memory, this love is gonna be the end of me.
Everything I gave is wasted, I'm the one who suffocated, this love is gonna be the end of me.
Your rescue, my undo, I'm not the one to save you.
I'm empty completely, I'm drowning in your shadow.
Take away your broken misery, I cannot wait to erase your memory, this love is gonna be the end of me.
Everything I gave is wasted, I'm the one who suffocated, this love is gonna be the end of.
I can't chase away your ghost, inside it only grows, nothing left but misery, this will be the end of me.
All the shit that you created, all the scars you celebrated, couldn't take away your pain, couldn't resurrect your name.
This love will be the end of me, this love will be the end.

NOT STRONG ENOUGH

featuring Brent Smith from Shinedown

I'm not strong enough to stay away, can't run from you, I'd just run back to you.
Like a moth I'm drawn into your flame, you say my name, but it's not the same.
You look in my eyes, I'm stripped of my pride, and my soul surrenders and you bring my heart to its knees.
And it's killing me when you're away, I want to leave and I want to stay.
I'm so confused, so hard to choose between the pleasure and the pain.
And I know it's wrong and I know it's right,
Even if I tried to win the fight, my heart would overrule my mind, and I'm not strong enough to stay away.
I'm not strong enough to stay away, what can I do, I would die without you.
In your presence my heart knows no shame, I'm not to blame, cause you bring my heart to its knees.
And it's killing me when you're away, I want to leave and I want to stay.
I'm so confused, so hard to choose between the pleasure and the pain.
And I know it's wrong and I know it's right,
Even if I tried to win the fight, my heart would overrule my mind, and I'm not strong enough to stay away.
There's nothing I can do, my heart is chained to you, and I can't get free, look what this love's done to me.

BROKEN PIECES

featuring Lacey Mosley from Flyleaf

Too late, this is not the answer, I need to pack it in, I can't pull your heart together with just my voice alone.
A thousand shards of glass I came to meet you in, you cut the peace out of me.
And as you ripped it all apart, that's when I turned to watch you, and as the light on you went dark, I saw you turn to shadow.
If you would salvage some part of you that once knew love, but I'm losing this and I'm losing you.
I've got to turn and run from faces that you never see,
I've got to save my blood from all that you've broken and pack up these pieces of me.
It's too late now to stop the process, this was your choice, you let it in.
This double life you lead is eating you up from within.
A thousand shards of glass you pushed beneath my skin and left me lying there to bleed.
And as you showed me your scars I only held you closer, but as the light on you went dark I saw you turning over.
I wanted always to be there for you and close to you, but I'm losing this and I'm losing you.
I've got to turn and run from faces that you never see,
I've got to save my blood from all that you've broken and pack up these pieces of me, my broken pieces.
Maybe without me you'll return to all the beauty I once knew,
But if I stay I know we will both be drowned by the haunting back to you.

BRING THEM TO LIGHT

featuring Joseph Duplantier from Gojira

He's a large and ugly giant monster, headless on my back, this urgent haste in my head materialised in this dark hole world.
No one can help me there, I know this pain has gone too far, the fear is now so loud.
Kill a child, I'm trying to protect myself against your old controlled hate.
Pollution of mind filled all the space and destroyed my light, at least mine were never allowed.
The hardest thing to me is facing the fear I live, no one can help me now, it's under my heart.
I'll come to know the living, my demons are inside, I'll bring them all to light.
I wanted to hate, I wanted to die, I wanted to see you sacrificed.
I had to deal with the fear you gave me, but you fucking never tried to help me.
I was jealous and I was scared, nobody ever replaced my pain.
To say I'm not evil, to tell I'm not bad, too late, I'm lost in human nature.
Leave me be, set me free.
The hardest thing to me is facing the fear I live, no one can help me now, it's under my heart.
I'll come to know the living, my demons are inside, I'll bring them all to light.
Unexpected yet expected, emerged from the dark, I come to life.
(Take everything if you give my horse its head.)
You know me, you fear me, always me knocking at your door, always around.
Insulted, disrespected, return to the dark into this life, (fill the hole, it swallows).

English translations